New and dark light years

Chapter 499 The Mysterious Object's 'Retreat'

The people from Tianyi Sect stayed at this inn.

Lu Ying and Senior Sister Fang shared a room.

The two chatted for a while about their daily lives, then went to sleep fully clothed.

When people from the martial arts world are out and about, they generally maintain a high level of vigilance and are prepared to fight at any time.

After all, the so-called martial arts world... doesn't really have much order to it.

There are reasons for such a principle.

The two were half asleep when they heard shouts of killing coming from outside.

They immediately got up and went to the window, where they saw that the inn was surrounded by a group of men in black.

In front of these men in black, many martial arts figures had fallen.

The martial arts practitioners in the inn jumped out of the windows, including all the disciples of the Tianyi Sect.

"Who are you?"

An elderly man with a rather composed demeanor asked.

This person is dressed in Taoist attire, clearly belonging to a prestigious and righteous sect.

The leader of the men in black snorted, "Lin Qingfeng, you'd better leave with your disciples. From now on, the martial arts tournament can no longer be held."

Lin Qingfeng frowned and asked, "Are you people from the imperial court?"

"Not bad, you're quite clever," the man in black sneered.

"Why can't we hold a martial arts tournament?!"

"The martial arts masters used their skills to disrupt the law. After you held a martial arts conference a few years ago, you directly killed several county officials and more than a dozen yamen runners in a county. Such things must not be allowed to happen again."

"You are the Imperial City Guard!"

"People who are too smart don't live long, understand?"

Lin Qingfeng thought for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "Then this old Daoist will no longer interfere in this matter. May this old Daoist and his disciple leave?"

"please."

Taoist priest Lin Qingfeng and his four disciples left.

At this moment, someone shouted, "We're not afraid of you, you Taoist priests!"

The leader of the men in black snorted and raised his hand, saying, "Make your move. These people don't listen to reason, kill them."

The men in black pulled out crossbows.

Seeing this device sent chills down everyone's spine.

At this moment, Senior Sister Fang suddenly spoke up: "Wait!"

Her voice was high-pitched and carried through the night.

The leader looked at her and snorted, "The illegitimate daughter of the Fang family is now a wife of the Shang family. Do you want to bring trouble to your husband's family?"

"you know me?"

"I know all the wealthy young masters and ladies in the capital," the leader said slowly. "Get out of the way, or you'll get dragged into this. Otherwise, don't blame us for being impolite."

Senior Sister Fang's real name is Fang Yongwei.

She was also from the Fang family in the capital, but she wasn't highly regarded, so she went to Tianyi Sect to become an apprentice and learn martial arts.

She had once competed with Hongluan, and later got married, thus avoiding the Gu people's corruption of Tianyi Sect and Li Lin's purge of the original Tianyi Sect.

After getting married, her husband's family didn't impose many restrictions on her, so she was able to roam freely in the martial arts world as before.

She heard that there was a martial arts tournament at Wugong Mountain, and that Tianyi Sect had sent people to participate, so she came here.

Fang Yongwei frowned; she was now in an awkward position.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were on her, filled with anticipation.

If she retires, her reputation in the martial arts world will suffer greatly, after all, she is a member of the Fang family.

But if we don't back down... the consequences are obvious.

The other party has already given her plenty of face.

At this moment, Lu Ying walked over, took Fang Yongwei's hand and walked back: "Senior sister, don't fight them head-on. If the martial arts tournament can't be held, then so be it."

"But……"

At this moment, someone shouted from behind: "The martial arts tournament is a grand event for us Jianghu people. How can it be canceled just like that? Your Tianyi Sect is a famous sect. How can you back down in the face of battle? As long as your Tianyi Sect takes the lead, we will fight these lackeys to the death."

"Correct!"

"Brothers from Tianyi Sect, please lead us up."

In an instant, Tianyi Sect was put on the fire.

Hundreds of men in black began pointing their crossbows at them, ready to fire.

But at that moment, the leader of the Imperial City Guard looked at Lu Ying and suddenly raised his hand to stop his subordinates from acting.

"That female knight from Tianyi Sect, are you Temple Master Lu under the command of True Monarch Lanlin?"

All eyes were on Lu Ying.

Lu Ying was a little nervous, and nodded, saying, "It's me."

"Why are you here?"

"I am also a disciple of the Tianyi Sect."

"Li... did the military governor send you?"

“No,” Lu Ying said, “I came of my own volition.”

The leader's eyes showed hesitation; although his face could not be seen, his difficulty was palpable.

After frowning and thinking for a while, he said, "For the sake of the military governor, you should leave too."

Everyone was looking at Lu Ying.

Lu Ying blinked, and then four paper figures stood up beside her.

Anyone who knows Li Lin would think these four paper figures look remarkably like him.

This is clearly a threat.

The head of the Imperial City Guard looked even more distressed and said, "Master Lu, what do you want?"

Lu Ying smiled and said, "I'm taking my senior and junior brothers with me."

"Alright then," the leader said helplessly. "Please."

The other martial arts practitioners looked quite surprised, but also felt it made sense.

Someone shouted, "Temple Master Lu, take us with you too!"

Lu Ying turned around and looked at the people who were shouting, appearing somewhat hesitant.

She knew very well that the only reason the other party held her in such high regard was because of Li Lin.

The more this was the case, the less she wanted to waste the 'affection' between herself and Li Lin on such matters.

At this moment, a senior brother leaned over and whispered, "That's from the Sand Sea Gang. They once did our Tianyi Sect a favor."

Helpless, Lu Ying turned her head and said, "What if I insist on taking them with me?"

"That's going too far, you've gone too far!" The leader of the Imperial City Guard snorted angrily, then turned around and roared at his men, "Let's go, let's go cause trouble for the other martial arts figures."

Having said that, he left with his men.

He left very gracefully.

The other martial arts practitioners who came out of the inn were still shaken. After exchanging glances, they all came over to thank Lu Ying.

People in the martial arts world are very pragmatic. Now that the imperial court has even sent out the Imperial City Guard, they understand that it will be difficult to organize the martial arts tournament, so they left.

Fang Yongwei looked at the departing people and sighed, "These people are too cowardly. They're just the Imperial City Guard... As long as we work together, we're not afraid of them at all."

The other disciples of Tianyi Sect looked at her with strange eyes when they heard this.

Fang Yongwei's words reminded them of some unpleasant things.

More than a year ago, Li Lin used the imperial guards to break through their Tianyi Sect.

The Tianyi Sect also considers itself to be quite famous in the martial arts world, with considerable strength.

As a result... they didn't even have a chance to resist in the face of a well-organized army. Lu Ying said, "Senior Sister Fang, we are just people from the martial world, we can't possibly go against the imperial court."

"What kind of imperial court are they? They're just the Imperial City Guard."

“For us, it is the imperial court.” Lu Ying sighed softly.

She then thought of the Tianyi Sect.

Fang Yongwei looked puzzled and said, "Junior Sister Lu, I am a person from the capital. Do you think I don't know what the Imperial City Guard is? They are just outwardly strong but inwardly weak lackeys. They don't have much power."

“Senior Sister Fang, it’s different. You come from a prominent family, while we are just ordinary people.” Lu Ying said softly, “In our eyes, the Imperial City Guard is a very powerful government agency.”

Fang Yongwei said, "But you know Li... the military governor, which is no stronger than the Imperial City Guard."

“Senior Brother Li is Senior Brother Li. When I first met him, he was just a county magistrate, so I never felt that he was far away from me.” Lu Ying said softly, “Senior Sister Fang, we plan to go back. Since the imperial court has intervened in this matter, the martial arts tournament cannot be held.”

Fang Yongwei sighed helplessly; she actually really hoped the conference would be held as scheduled.

"Why are the Imperial City Guards out here? What a spoilsport." Fang Yongwei snorted. "Fine, I'll go back to my sect with you."

"Your husband's family..."

“He can’t control me,” Fang Yongwei said lightly. “I was already married off, and they only valued my status as a daughter of the Fang family. They didn’t have much affection for me.”

"This can't be, Senior Sister Fang, you..."

"Let's not talk about this anymore." Fang Yongwei's expression turned cold when she mentioned her husband's family. "Let's go first."

Lu Ying could tell that Fang Yongwei didn't like talking about these things, so she dropped the subject.

After leaving the inn, Tianyi Sect found themselves surrounded by martial arts practitioners, their energy and vitality flowing freely, yet no strange or unsettling incidents occurred.

They planned to leave Wugong Mountain overnight, stay in Hangzhou for a day, and then return to Tianjin.

But on the way, they encountered the group of men in black again.

These people are blocking the road.

Lu Ying was about to speak when she asked the other party why they were blocking her way.

But Fang Yongwei suddenly said, "Everyone be careful, these people are not from the Imperial City Guard."

"Quite clever, how did you figure that out, young lady?" The leader's voice was hoarse, clearly not the previous head of the Imperial City Guard.

“You have no air of officialdom about you.”

"Haha, so that's how it is." The leader nodded, then said to Lu Ying, "Temple Priest Lu, we have no intention of making things difficult for you, but we would like to ask you to come with us."

The four paper figures protected Lu Ying in the center.

Lu Ying angrily asked, "What do you want to do!"

“We want to ask Paper Prince for something, but we can’t get into Jin County.” The masked man in black laughed, “But if you help us plead, I believe Paper Prince will be willing to grant our request.”

Lu Ying took a deep breath and said, "It's really annoying. What you're doing is really making me angry."

In Lu Ying's mind, if she became a hostage and was used to blackmail Li Lin, her image in Li Lin's mind would definitely worsen, and he would be disappointed in her.

This is something Lu Ying cannot allow.

"Master Lu, please..."

The man in black was answered by three streaks of blue lightning that fell from the sky.

Cutting through the night sky.

Besides her paper-crafting skills, Lu Ying's lightning strike technique is also very powerful.

……

Yulin County, the seat of the military governor, inside the White Tiger Hall.

Li Lin sat in the main seat, and in front of him was a little Siamese king who was crying pitifully.

"My lord, you must do me justice!" The kitten held a half-eaten fish in its left hand and wiped away tears with its right paw. "I was doing just fine in Gan Village. The villagers would catch me fish to eat from time to time, and I didn't harm anyone. But I was beaten up by Lord Lingti. Look... a big patch of fur on my back is gone."

After saying that, the kitten turned around and faced away from Li Lin.

There was indeed some hair loss there, and even a piece of skin and flesh was missing.

You can see the spine of this little cat Zhenjun; it looks painful.

"Lord Lingti is usually very composed in his actions, so why would he hit you?"

The Siamese king shook his head: "I don't know either."

After saying that, he took a bite of the fish.

"Then I'll go ask, you can come with me."

"Okay." Siam True Lord nodded vigorously: "I'll have to trouble you. Jiao Nu is right, you are a good person and will help us."

Jiao Nu?

Oh, it's Liu Shen.

Li Lin, accompanied by his personal guards, headed towards Gan Village.

But just as he left the area of ​​Yulin County, something suddenly fell from the sky and hit him in front of him.

When Li Lin looked down, he saw that the one who had fallen to the ground was none other than the Spirit Tiger True Lord with a dog's head.

He looked up and saw a beautiful young girl descending from the sky.

Liu Shen put her hands on her hips and smiled smugly: "I knew you were coming here, so I caught this for you."

"sorry to bother you."

Liu Shen chuckled: "Of course, we're friends."

Li Lin arrived in front of Lingti Zhenjun and found a red, smooth, and reflective object on the other's forehead.

His first thought was that the Spirit Lord had also been possessed by insects.

It does resemble an insect shell.

But upon closer inspection, Li Lin discovered that it wasn't. The thing on Lingti Zhenjun's forehead looked like a stone, or rather, a crystal.

At this moment, Lingti Zhenjun had already fallen into a coma.

"What's wrong with it?" Li Lin asked.

"He's about to retire!"

"What is 'retiring from office'?"

Liu Shen pondered for a moment and said, "I don't remember, I only remember this word. Go ask my older sister, maybe she still remembers it."

"I remember."

The voice suddenly appeared, and Li Lin looked up to find that Liu Chi had also arrived.

She floated down from the sky, wearing a beige long dress, her hands tucked into her long, cloud-like sleeves, looking extremely ethereal.

"Third Sister, are you feeling better?"

"With the incense offerings to nourish my body, I feel much better now." Liu Chi smiled at Liu Shen, then looked at Li Lin with her beautiful eyes: "The so-called retreat is returning to the original state, no longer a monster, and no longer possessing intelligence. In your cultivators' terms, it is the fall of a major realm."

Why did this happen?!

Liu Chi shook his head this time as well: "I remember that's all. I don't know why it's like this."

Li Lin looked at the Spirit Ti True Lord and asked, "Is there any way to save him?"

"Yes! The secret of obscurity."

Li Lin was taken aback: "The Sword Immortal's Obscurity Technique?"

“The end is darkness, and the beginning is light!” Liu Chi sighed. “If someone could master the Darkness Technique and enter the illusion, and then bring his soul in, it could help stabilize his soul and perhaps save his life. However, I have heard that the Darkness Technique is very difficult to master, and I estimate that no one in this world knows it anymore.”

Li Lin pointed to his face: "I can."

Liu Chi's beautiful face showed disbelief: "How could you know that? That was... the technique created by that absurd and cruel sword immortal."

When the mention of sword immortals was mentioned, fear appeared on Liu Chi's face. Then she gritted her teeth and said, "As a Chi dragon, I can freely enter and exit the illusions that appear around me. If you really want to save this Ling Ti, I will go with you."

“Me too, me too,” Liu Shen laughed. “I can enter the illusionary realm too.”

“You can’t.” Liu Chi pulled Liu Shen aside and said, “When we enter the illusion, you have to protect us. Our safety depends entirely on you.”

Liu Shen was very easy to coax. She patted her chest and said, "With me protecting you, you can rest assured. Apart from my eldest sister, no one can get close to the two of you."

(End of this chapter)